Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-11-10
FAor AND FANCY. 81

ell into To esthDlish large mahutuctory IN
Phpnix Arizona, to make sugar from sor.
ghum
Thirty rich young dudes In the City OF Mex
leo have organized a Fashion club" for the
purpose of keeping themselves dressed In the
latest styles
During the month OF August $500, 900 worth
OF goods were sent to the United States by
the manufacturing village of st. Etienne,
France. Most OF the goods consisted OF
gloves
A careful grammarlan viii say, "lie sat on
the same scat 10Th Tom" not ale sat on tho
same seat as Tom," aud "Thls Is the same or
ror that has been rcfuted before" not This Ia
the same error as has been rcfuted before
The trumpet Ia to take the place OF tho
Greek cross MS symbol ON the uniform OF tho
Boston hremcn; and thus win pass away an
other OF tho things which have contributed to-
ward making that town the Athens OF Amer
lea,
London advertisement interesting to ad-
mIrers OF Dr. johnson oifcs for sale thu
house IN which he was born us years ago, de-
scrlbIng II Ms a "large substantially built, aud
commodlous dwellng'hous With draper's
shop"
An East Liverpool, o., gas-drlllcr has inau-
guratcd u new use for natural gas by puttiag
out the fire under tho engine, omptying the
boiler ~ water, aud filling II with gaa When
the gauge registers seventy pounds he turns
on tho engine, and no says 1t works to .
charm.
A Boston druggist has been hncd 60 for
selling 5,ccnt cigar on Sunday. lIe claimed
that according To Webster drug Is that
which Is Intended to relieve palu or suffering,
aud that tobacco came under this head. Tho
curt cnuld not see tho point aud an appeal
has been taken.
David MaudlIn, OF Gaddlstown, ia, IL get
ting tired Of being u target for some unknown
| marksman or marksnon. The other day ho
was shot at for tho third time AMI hit IN tho
leg by rncman hid In tho bushes Me-
MauldlIn Is quiet aud peaeeablc, aud hasn't
All enemy to his knowledge.
II Ia said that the English co operatives
have a bank whose transactions amount To
$50, 900 900 q wear They have 400 stores
aud do business OF $50 900 900 year Their
0OO, 0Ol members receive an annual profit OF
Sib,00O,0lO. Their profits during tho past
twenty four years have been si5o,oOo,ooo
The colored people OF Boston experience
great difficulty IL renting decent tenements
In desirable localities. Some Of tho real. estate
owners aud agents are republicans and old
nbolItionIsts aud say that they have no obIec-
tou, "but the neighbors fnd great deal
Of fault, aud we respect what they like and
dislike"
Ono Of the attractions at the mechanics fair
IN San Francisco was Il fountain that gushed
forth Angelica wine free TO anyone who wished
10 drink In another department of the erhL
bItIon was u table eight feet high and four
teen feet across, which had been made from
single transverse section OF Humboldt coun-
ty tree.
SHUTDOWN Is tho name OF quaint little
place near Big Indian, IN the Catskills, where
tho people witness the setting OF the sun at
T. NJ. and the rising at . A. NJ, Four noun
taIns nearly surround tho settlement. Tho
people are generally healthy, aud those who
have lived there for long time have an owl
Ink faculty OF seeing Ia the gloom.
A resident OF Hartford, Conn, Is the In
yentor Of y novel apparatus for timing horses.
A clock with three hands--minutc, second,
and quarter second-is started by the official
timer. When the winning horse touches tho
wire the clock Ia stopped by electricity AT
the same instant the current opens u camera,
which photographs the horse and the clock
| face.
A citizen Of Charlotte Centre Ia the laugh.
| ing.stock Of Cbautauqua county, New York
| He declared that lie had swallowed hls teetl
aud on Tuesday went 10 Buffalo TO consult
eminent surgeons and n stomach pump, but
soon after his arrival In that city received =
dispatch stating that his teeth had bean found
near his house, where he had nnconsclously
dropped them.
The government OF the state Of Yucatan,
Mexico, IL making experiments on new
species OF silk, produced byawll slkworm,
which IA closely allied 10 the domestic silk
worm, The silk on the coc0oDs Is elastic and
OF excellent quality, though rather uncertain
| In color yarIlng from white TO pale brown,
but ono difficulty Ia that II IL covered with =
| gum which Is very difficult TO dissolve.
In Newport, England, there Is confection-
err who for several nights recently missed
from his bake house dainty morscls OF pastry
aud candy. lie set watch, and u form re-
semblInV that OF "a boy was seen siealthiiy
creeping along the roof Of tho adjoining bake
house. No attention was paid TO cries to
come down. aud gun was fired. Tho aim
was good, and n dead monkey rolled from the
roof into the road.
In Portland. Oregon. A man bcfriended q
t,bioaman who fell as though from exhaustion
before Inf. door. On the following day, while
friend was praIsing the tender hearted
man for his good deed, the sam, Chiuaman
again fell sprawllng In front OF them. The
kindly disposed resident lifted the prostrate
man TO his feet and sent him Keeling with
tremendous kick, remarking that II limo must
be drawn somewhere.
woman told Mr.. Shell, al the Greenwich
nolIce court lately, that she had been twice
married. both husbands being sons Of one
mother hut not the same father Eighteen
months after the death OF the first she married
the second who refused to support her, and
she desired the magistrates adyics on the
legality Of the marriage. The English law
does no, allow her to marry two brothers, but
whether she has done so Is a legal conundrum.
Edgar Howard, resident OF Randolph,
Nova Scotia, lost bis voice In 1886 after hay
ing suffered some time from a severe throat
disease He was thought 10 have only cold,